Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Our Favorite Fall Decorating Ideas

Say goodbye to summer with these fabulous fall decorating ideas. You can easily bring the warm colors of fall into your lakefront home at Lake of the Ozarks with simple and fun decorations. Here at Mission Bay, we have put together a list of some of our favorite fall decorating ideas. We hope this list gets you excited and into the fall spirit! 


Fall Foliage Arrangement


These make beautiful centerpieces are a great way to add that fall pop of color to your home. The key to arranging these is to group the leaves by size and color. Similar to how you would arrange flowers. A red maple color makes a beautiful focal point when mixed with gray-greens and deeper reds and browns.

Helpful hint: If you create the arrangement with faux leaves and branches, this will last for years to come. It might be a little costly upfront, but it will be reusable for the next few fall seasons.

Line Your Steps


Mums - these are such a staple during the fall. Once the buds begin to open, you will have blooms regardless if your flowers are in the shade or the sun.

Helpful hint: Pair mums with boxwoods for a beautiful fall display.

Pumpkin topiaries - if you have a long entryway, going with vertical decorations make a big statement and draw the eye up towards the front door. Topiaries are fairly easy to create and you can make them all the same or make each one unique.

Helpful hint: An easy way to create a topiary is to sandwich bay wreaths between different sized pumpkins and stack them in concrete urns. You can use bigger pumpkins on the bottom and smaller pumpkins on the top.


Pumpkins


Paint them – Metallic paint makes ordinary pumpkins extraordinary. You can use stencils to create shapes like circles or a rectangular pattern. 

Helpful hint: Group the painted pumpkins together by the fireplace to add some extra sparkle, especially when the fireplace is on.

Etch them – You can carve your house number, your initials, or your name into a pumpkin. These make great front entryway pumpkins.

Helpful hint: By etching designs into your pumpkin, the pumpkin lasts longer and it’s not as messy as actually carving the pumpkin.

Floral pumpkins – you can cover a carving or soft-skinned pumpkin with different types of flowers. Mums are a great choice for this since they are in season.

Helpful hint: If using real flowers for an event, keep your floral pumpkins in the refrigerator until right before the party starts. 

Tack them – you can use upholstery tacks to create a graphic look to your pumpkin. Use all different shapes and sizes to create different patterns and designs.

Helpful hint: Paint the pumpkins a solid color before tacking them with designs. White pumpkins usually work best, they create a great contrast. 

Front Door Wreaths


Whether you are decorating for the fall season or for Halloween, a wreath is a great focal point for the front door. If you’re feeling crafty, you can make your own festive wreath. For those of us that aren’t so crafty, you can buy a wreath at any major store. You can use anything from dried flowers and leaves, pumpkins and gourds, to creepy things like spiders.

We hope these ideas help to inspire you and your fall decorating! Mission Bay offers Lake Living at its finest with gorgeous lake view and lakefront homes at the Lake of the Ozarks. With all of the great amenities provided, Mission Bay is a great year-round community. If you haven’t yet, come check us out and see what we have to offer! 


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